Oeuvres de Crébillon

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Oeuvres de Crébillon

Illustrated by: Jean-François Pierre Peyron (French, 1744–1814)
Engraved by: Pierre-Charles Baquoy (1759–1829)
Engraved by: Jean Jacques Hubert (French, born in 1760)
Engraved by: Noël Le Mire (French, 1724–1801)
Engraved by: Charles Emmanuel Jean Baptiste Patas (French, 1744–1802)
Engraved by: Jacques-Louis Petit (French, 1760–about 1812)
Engraved by: N. Thomas (French, about 1750–about 1812)
Engraved by: Philippe Trière (French, 1756–about 1815)
Author: Prosper Jolyot Crébillon (French, 1674–1762)
Printer and Publisher: Pierre Didot (French, 1761–1853)

1812

Place of Publication: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Illustrated book with 10 etching and engravings

Dimensions Overall (each vol., depth variable): 20.8 x 13.2 x 2.3 cm (8 3/16 x 5 3/16 x 7/8 in.)

Credit Line William A. Sargent Collection—Bequest of William A. Sargent

Accession Number37.1385a-c

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsIllustrated books

Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1812

Catalogue Raisonné Cohen-de Ricci 264 (1799 ed.)

Description(Paris: P. Didot l'aîné, 1812) Octavo, three vols.; (v. 1) xxxi, 278 pp. [1 f.], plus 4 plates; (v. 2) [2 ff.] 270 pp. [1 f.], plus 3 pls.; (v. 3) [2 ff.] 212 [i.e., 312] pp., plus 3 pls.; contemporary gilt-stamped speckled brown calf.

Literary illustrations; author portrait.

ProvenanceAcquired in 1923 from Maggs Bros. Ltd., London, by William A. Sargent, Boston (1858-1936), by whom bequeathed to MFA November 17, 1937.